We observed a significant sign in postenhancement CT of liver cirrhosis, that is visualization of portalvenous branches. During postenhancement CT scanning of liver, the portal vein can not be identifed in liverparenchyme in 84% of patients without known cirrhosis (including chronic active hepatitis). Two have the samehemodynamic changes in that there is diffuse fibrosis and resultant decrease in vascular bed. Visualization ofintrahepatic portal branches in postenhancement CT is because of decreased diffusion ability and portalhypertension.
Diffusion ; Fibrosis ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Liver ; Portal Vein ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome is one of the very rare genetic diseases which primarily affects face, hands and feet. At first, Freeman and Sheldon described this syndrome as cranio-carpo-tarsal dystrophy in 1938 and later Burian, as "whistling face" syndrome in 1963. There were 60 cases of reports in the world up to now, and only one paper with 5 cases in a family was reported in Korea. The authors report 2 cases of Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome associated with bilateral inguinal hernias and undescended tests in a family, briefly review the literature and alert orthopaedic surgeons to this condition.
Cryptorchidism ; Foot ; Hand ; Hernia, Inguinal ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Surgeons

No abstract available.
Osteogenesis Imperfecta* ; Osteogenesis* ; Osteotomy*

This dental anthropological study was performed to analyse male and female students of Che-ju high school students. Cephalometric X-rays and dental casts were obtained of 60 male and 60 female students and the Mean and Standard Deviation were obtained. There was no difference in craniofacial morphology between male and female students but the size of craniofacial skeleton of the male is bigger than that of the female. The distance from NB line to pogonion is longer in the male group, and it meant that mandibular symphysis of the male is well developed than the female. The size of teeth of the male is larger than that of the female and is significant in upper and lower canine and first molar. The size of upper arch width, intercanine width, basal arch width and lower basal arch width of the male is larger than that of the female, but arch length of the male and the female showed no significant difference.
Female ; Humans ; Jeju-do* ; Male ; Molar ; Skeleton ; Tooth

BACKGROUND: Although the culture of urethral discharge using a cutton swab is regarded as one of the most sensitive and reliable diagnostic methods of gonorrhea, it may give pain or diagnostic methods of gonorrhea, it may give pain or discomfort to patients, and its detection rate may be influenced by the examiner's technical ability. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the positive culture rates between ure4thral discharge and urinary sediment for the diagnosing of Neisseria gonorrheae. METHODS: We compared this technique with the culture of urethral discharge using the specimens from 357 male patients with gonococcal infection at VD clinic of Jungku Pvblic Health center in Seoul from Jan 1991 to Jun 1993. RESULTS: The culture of urinary sediment was positive in 339 of 357(94.95), whereas the culture of urethral discharge was positive in 346 of 357(96.95). However, these data have no statistical significance(P<0.05). The obe observed sensitivity and specificity of culture of urinary sediment comjpared to culture of urethral discharge were 97.75 and 90.9%, respectively. The predictive value of positive and negative test compared to the culture of urethral discharge were 99.7% and 55.65, respectively. As our data showed low negative predictive value, a negative culture result of urinary sediment does not always imply a negative culture result of urethral discharge. CONCLUSION: Therefore, at present, the previous method of the culture of urethral discharge is more highly recommended and further studies for this diagnostic and/or new method of gonorrhea based on larger group of patients is encouraged.
Gonorrhea ; Humans ; Male ; Neisseria gonorrhoeae* ; Neisseria* ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Seoul

Most of malignant melanoma of skin had occurred in transformation from benign nevi(Webster, 1944), especially most frequently from junctional nevi of them. which was characterized by flat surface, dark-brown color and hairlessness(Ackermen, 1948) Blumberg (1972) introduced five levels of hietologic invasion of malignant melanoma described by Clark et al. Morton(1970) reported various measures of treatment such as surgery combined with radiotherapy or with chemotherapy or with recent immunotherapy with good result. The authors recently experienced 24-yeas old male soldier patient with malignant melanoma on hypothenar region of right palm. The pathologic investigation including electronmicroscopical aspect was carried out and are presented. Treatment consisted of the resections of right axillary lymph nodes and the lesion in situ on the hypotherar region of right hand, pedicle skin graft to right hand from abdomen, and immediate postoperative immunotherapy with intradermal injection of 1.0 cc. of B.C.G. daily on extensor surface of both thighs in turn, which lasted for about 3 months duration to find good result.
Abdomen ; Drug Therapy ; Hand ; Humans ; Immunotherapy ; Injections, Intradermal ; Lymph Nodes ; Male ; Melanoma ; Military Personnel ; Nevus ; Radiotherapy ; Skin ; Thigh ; Transplants

We report a case of pulmonary infarction probably related with Henoch-Schönlein purpura, which presented with purpura on both lower extremities in a 27-year-old woman. The purpura had developed 4 days previously and it had no itching or tend'erness. She complained of mild fatigue, chest tightness, but no dyspnea or hemoptysis. On routine examination, chest radiography showed a poorly defined nodular opacity on the left lung field, and it was diagnosed by a follow up chest CT as a pulmonary infarction secondary to pulmonary vasculitis.
Adult ; Dyspnea ; Fatigue ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hemoptysis ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Lung ; Pruritus ; Pulmonary Infarction* ; Purpura* ; Radiography ; Thorax ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Vasculitis

In this study, we compared the MIC by agar plate dilution method with the inhibition zone diameters by ordinary disc diffusion method and 24 hr-prediffusion disc method on five antibiotics, respectively. The results were summarized as follows; 1. The agar plate dilution method and the ordinary disc diffusion method gave a satisfactory degree of correlation by linear regression. The correlation coeffecients were highly significant for penicillin (r= -0.88) and ampicillin(r = -0.91) but less significant for tetracyclin(r= -0.34), kanamycin(r= -0.55) and spectinomycin (r = -0.46). 2. Between the agar plate dilution method and the 24 hour-prediffusion disc method the correlation coeffecients were highly significant for penicillin(r= -0.9) and ampicillin (r= -0.91) but less so for tetracyclin(r= -0.4), kanamycin (r=-0.57) and spectinomycin(r=-0.5), 3. In relation to the MIC values by agar pate dilution method, the correlation coefficients were slightly higher and the slopes of linear regression were steeper for the 24 hour-prediffusion disc method than the ordinary disc diffusion method, but the differences were statistically not significant.
Agar* ; Ampicillin ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Diffusion* ; Kanamycin ; Linear Models ; Neisseria gonorrhoeae* ; Neisseria* ; Penicillins ; Spectinomycin

No abstract available.
Cefadroxil* ; Humans ; Kanamycin* ; Male*

No abstract available.
Prevalence* ; Seoul*